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MercFanUk

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Hey all - if you have any sort of Google login, you can see what they have pre-set for you regarding your ad viewing preferences.

Google Ads Preferences

They guess categories your interested in, and also your age/sex. Google thinks I'm 5 to 15 years older than I am! Glad it noticed I like Mercedes Benz though :D

Anything odd in yours?

Mine:

Autos & Vehicles
Autos & Vehicles - Vehicle Brands - Mercedes-Benz
Autos & Vehicles - Vehicle Shopping
Computers & Electronics - Consumer Electronics
Finance - Accounting & Auditing
Internet & Telecom - Mobile & Wireless
Law & Government
Sports - Extreme Sports

Not sure where it got auditing and accounting from!
 
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no bad...

Autos & Vehicles - Vehicle Brands - Land Rover
Autos & Vehicles - Vehicle Brands - Mercedes-Benz
Autos & Vehicles - Vehicle Shopping
Business & Industrial - Transportation & Logistics - Aviation
Travel - Air Travel
World Localities - Europe - Western Europe - United Kingdom - England - North West England - Manchester


Your demographics
We infer your age and gender based on the websites you've visited. You can remove or edit these at any time.
Age: 45-54
Gender: Male
 
'Your browser's cookies seem to be disabled. Ads Preferences will not work until you enable cookies in your browser.' :)
 
Autos & Vehicles - Custom & Performance Vehicles
Autos & Vehicles - Vehicle Brands - Ford ??????
Autos & Vehicles - Vehicle Brands - Mercedes-Benz
Autos & Vehicles - Vehicle Brands - Porsche
Autos & Vehicles - Vehicle Brands - Saab
Autos & Vehicles - Vehicle Parts & Accessories - Vehicle Wheels & Tires
Autos & Vehicles - Vehicle Shopping

wheres the porn gone?

plus added the opt out of ads for google chrome browser , cheers OP
 
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I don't mind ad's in general (So long as they aren't in the way of viewing the website's content) - the ones I visit give me lots of information for free, they need to pay the bills somehow. (This one included).

So this way, I'd rather have something that's relevant to me instead of useless.
 
Incidentally... I am assuming they are analysing the info from their Google cookies in the browser cache on your PC, rather than actually storing information about your browsing on any Google servers.
 
It's a cookie, when you have one set it gives you the info in it (Which is just numbers and ID's anyway)
 
I don't mind ad's in general (So long as they aren't in the way of viewing the website's content) - the ones I visit give me lots of information for free, they need to pay the bills somehow. (This one included).

So this way, I'd rather have something that's relevant to me instead of useless.

TBH, I don't mind Google snooping around my buying habits, but I don't like cookies in general because we had many issues with adware and other junk that comes in as cookies (not from Google).
 
Apparently I have no demographic?
 
Do you share your computer with anyone? They might not be able to guess if your viewing mixed sex/age content
 
Mine was cucumbers, lube and condoms !!!

Not sure what to make of that but better than an empty profile :thumb:
 
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I said mine was blank, I may as well confess - mine mentioned midgets, zoophilia, bestiality and adult material and said I was 92! Oh, and balloons
 
I'm using an iPad shared with the family as I type, and here's what Google thinks we're into:

Autos & Vehicles - Vehicle Brands - Land Rover
Autos & Vehicles - Vehicle Parts & Accessories - Vehicle Wheels & Tires
Autos & Vehicles - Vehicle Shopping
Computers & Electronics - Computer Security - Network Security
Law & Government
Real Estate - Apartments & Residential Rentals

Interestingly the age range is between 9 and 18 years too old!!
 
This is what it's got for me
Autos & Vehicles - Vehicle Brands - Mercedes-Benz
Autos & Vehicles - Vehicle Parts & Accessories
Autos & Vehicles - Vehicle Shopping
Computers & Electronics - Consumer Electronics - Camera & Photo Equipment - Cameras & Camcorders - Cameras
Computers & Electronics - Software - Multimedia Software - Audio & Music Software - Audio Files Formats & Codecs
 
Interesting -

Autos & Vehicles - Vehicle Brands - Mercedes-Benz
Autos & Vehicles - Vehicle Licensing & Registration
Autos & Vehicles - Vehicle Parts & Accessories - Vehicle Wheels & Tires
Law & Government - Legal - Vehicle Codes & Driving Laws
Shopping
Travel
World Localities - Europe - Western Europe - Ireland - Dublin

Age: 45-54
Gender: Male

Well, I just booked a hotel room in Dublin, so that explains the last one, but the age is almost 100% out!
 

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